@buzz wrote:
This post may be more appropriate on the ASCOM matters forum. It is prompted by the AstroPhotographyTools feature of driving the KMTronic relay to trigger a camera.
Here goes - can an ASCOM camera driver basically be an electronic release only, operating a relay (and with some internal intelligence to know whether the shutter is still open or not). In that way, I could write my own and use SGP to operate virtually any camera. I would obviously not have access to downloads, focusing and so on, but I would be able to slew to target, dither, guide, prompt for focus and operate the obsy.
I have recently had my old Fuji camera modded and being a CSC, I can fit it to virtually any lens or telescope on account of their short flange to sensor distance. The HDMI output drives a 7-inch 4K monitor, making focusing relatively painless, using the magnify option.
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